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Racial Justice

Teachers Turn to Study Groups for Anti-Racist Learning as History Is Whitewashed
Amid right-wing attacks on classrooms, study groups light a “fire of hope” among anti-racist educators.

​​Biden’s National Strategy on Islamophobia Is an Insult to Victims of US Policy
The document pretends to address Islamophobia while carefully preserving every system that perpetuates it.

More Than 3,100 Indigenous Students Died at US “Boarding Schools”
A new report reveals three times the number of deaths reported earlier this year by the Department of Interior.

Preserving Black History Has Never Been More Vital
Sites that celebrate our past are lifelines as the country braces for an administration that wants to whitewash history.

Charged for Protesting Police Violence in 2020, Khalif Miller Is Still in Jail
Miller is one of over 300 protesters who faced federal charges for participating in the 2020 George Floyd uprising.

“A Time Before Fear”: Notes From a Black Panther Who Spent 41 Years Behind Bars
Russell Shoatz’s posthumously published autobiography documents a lifetime of fighting for Black liberation.

Thanksgiving Myths Aim to Silence Indigenous Voices. We Won’t Be Silent.
Let’s reject all settlers myths this Thanksgiving and honor Indigenous resistance.

US Must Take Steps to Rectify Ongoing Injustices Faced by South Korean Adoptees
The US and private, US-based agencies played a major role in building a corrupt transnational adoption industry.

ICE Has Secretly Been Recording Inaccurate Data, Hiding Racial Disparities
Records obtained by immigration advocates show Homeland Security falsely claimed not to collect racial data.

Native Tribes Call for 3 New National Monuments to Protect Land From Extraction
Indigenous advocates say the Biden administration approving the protections would be “a first step” toward land back.